Teri Jean Johnston Dougan

Teri Jean Johnston Dougan, was born Feb. 2,1945, in Chat- tanooga, Tenn., to Lt. Col. William D. Johnston Jr. and Jean E. Rankin Johnston. Teri grew up in a military family and lived in various loca- tions which included the Philippines and Panama.

Teri attended EI Camino High School, in Sacramento, Ca- lif. The school band, including Teri, per- formed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif. LIFE Magazine pub- lished a photo which included Teri at the opening ceremony. She graduated from EI Camino High, in 1962, then attended CSUS to study art.

Her love of art ex- panded from oil paint- ings and photography to stained glass, min- iature settings, Bon- sai plants, knitting, spinning, quilting and, more recently, Reborn babies and scrapbooking. All of her hand-crafted art was done to perfection and at an expert level.

Teri seemed to have found her niche when creating custom teddy bears with move-

able joints and music boxes. Teri’s business Mother Noah’s Ark Bears and Forever Classics began to take off. The Sacramento Bee took notice, and in 1996 published a story about Teri and her award winning talent.

Teri’s love for fam- ily and history opened another door and she began geneal- ogy research. Teri’s extensive hands on research had taken

her through 41 states and traced her lineage back to the 1500s.

Teri was a longtime member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- ter-day Saints (LDS) and participated in choir, Missionary Ge- nealogy Training, vol- unteered in numerous non-profit organiza- tions, was a teacher’s aide, fostered many animals, and enjoyed being a military mom. Teri loved every mem- ber of her family and thoroughly enjoyed hearing about their individual accom- plishments.

Teri passed away at the age of 67 on Jan. 7, 2013, in Carmi- chael, Calif., but she will forever remain in our hearts.

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